Sudan shuffles governors of Kordofan states including ICC suspect
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July 12, 2013, (KHARTOUM) -The Sudanese president Omar Hassan
al-Bashir has endorsed the final status of the three Kordofan states
following reinstating West Kordofan state and issued decrees
appointing new governors to them.
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National Congress Party candidate for governor, Ahmed Haroun, speaks
to the press after voting at the polling centre in Kadogli in the
South Kordofan state, May 2, 2011 (Reuters)
Bashir had earlier accepted resignations of North Kordofan state
governor Mutasim Mirghani Zaki Al-Din and South Kordofan state
governor Ahmed Mohamed Haroun.
According to the presidential decrees, Haroun has been appointed as
the acting governor for North Kordofan , Adam Al-faki Mohamed Al-Tayeb
as acting governor for South Kordofan, and Ahmed Khamis Bakheet for
West Kordofan.
The three governors will be sworn in at the presidential palace on
Sunday afternoon.
Haroun is one of the Sudanese officials wanted by the International
Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes he allegedly masterminded in
Darfur during his time as state minister for interior.
During the conflict with rebels in his state, there has been numerous
reports of abuses against civilians in the Nuba mountains area in
particular.
Some officials in from ruling National Congress Party (NCP) in South
Kordofan have expressed unhappiness with Haroun and called for his
removal over his "failure" to maintain security.
The presidential decrees were based on a law which has been ratified
recently and provided for abolishing North and South Kordofan states
and establishing three states including North, South, and West
Kordofan.
Bashir abolished West Kordofan state in August 2005, and established
the greater South Kordofan while some of its territory was transferred
to North Kordofan state.
The measure was part of the provisions of a protocol related to the
resolution of the conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile state
encompassed in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of January 2005
between the Sudanese government and the former South Sudanese rebels
SPLM-N.
West Kordofan is the home of Arab Misseriya tribe and where oil fields
are located.
The ruling National Congress Party (NCP) included the reinstatement of
West Kordofan state among its electoral pledges for the elections of
South Kordofan governor in May 2011. Since, a commission was set up to
prepare the separation of the two states.
Last April, the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement- North
(SPLM-N) criticized Sudan’s government’s decision to re-establish West
Kordofan state and described it as "dodging responsibility".
The rebel groups, including the SPLM-N, and Sudanese opposition
parties proposed in a political declaration (New Dawn Charter)
released last January to divide the country into 8 regions with two
independent administrative entities in Kordofan.
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